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dyed with their blood, and great pieces of flesh left here and
there, half-eaten, mangled, and scorched; and, in short, all
the tokens of the triumphant feast they had been making
there, after a victory over their enemies. I saw three skulls,
five hands, and the bones of three or four legs and feet, and
abundance of other parts of the bodies; and Friday, by his
signs, made me understand that they brought over four
prisoners to feast upon; that three of them were eaten up,
and that he, pointing to himself, was the fourth; that there
had been a great battle between them and their next king,
of whose subjects, it seems, he had been one, and that they
had taken a great number of prisoners; all which were car-
ried to several places by those who had taken them in the
fight, in order to feast upon them, as was done here by these
wretches upon those they brought hither.
I caused Friday to gather all the skulls, bones, flesh, and
whatever remained, and lay them together in a heap, and
make a great fire upon it, and burn them all to ashes. I
found Friday had still a hankering stomach after some of
the flesh, and was still a cannibal in his nature; but I showed
so much abhorrence at the very thoughts of it, and at the
least appearance of it, that he durst not discover it: for I had,
by some means, let him know that I would kill him if he of-
fered it.
When he had done this, we came back to our castle; and
there I fell to work for my man Friday; and first of all, I gave
him a pair of linen drawers, which I had out of the poor
gunner’s chest I mentioned, which I found in the wreck,
and which, with a little alteration, fitted him very well; and